[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 181 (Tuesday, September 19, 2006)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 54792-54793]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-7783]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[USCG-2006-25767; Formerly CGD09-06-123]


Safety Zones; U.S. Coast Guard Water Training Areas, Great Lakes

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will meet to discuss issues relating to the 
proposed permanent safety zones located in the Great Lakes to conduct 
live gunnery training exercises. The meetings will be open to the 
public.

DATES: The Coast Guard will hold four public meetings as follows: 
Monday, October 16, 2006 in Duluth MN; Wednesday October 18, in Grand

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Haven, MI; Thursday, October 19, 2006, in Port Huron/Marysville, MI; 
Monday, October 23, in Cleveland, OH.
    Comments and materials related to these public meetings must reach 
the Docket Management Facility on or before October 6, 2006. If you are 
unable to attend, you may submit comments to the Docket Management 
Facility by November 13, 2006.

ADDRESSES: You may submit your comments and related material by one of 
the following means:
    (1) By mail to the Docket Management Facility (USCG-2006-2567), 
U.S. Department of Transportation, room PL-401, 400 Seventh Street, 
SW., Washington, DC 20590-0001.
    (2) By delivery to room PL-401 on the Plaza level of the Nassif 
Building, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC between 9 a.m. and 5 
p.m. Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. The telephone 
number is 202-366-9329.
    (3) By fax to the Docket Management Facility at 202-493-2251.
    (4) Electronically through the Web site for the Docket Management 
System at http://dms.dot.gov.
    The Docket Management Facility maintains the public docket for the 
rulemaking. Comments and material received from the public will become 
part of this docket and will be available for inspection or copying at 
room PL-401, located on the Plaza level of the Nassif Building at the 
same address between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except 
Federal holidays. You may electronically access the public docket on 
the internet at http://dms.dot.gov.
    Electronic forms of all comments received into any of our dockets 
can be searched by the name of the individual submitting the comment 
(or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf of an association, 
business, labor unit, etc.) and is open to the public without 
restriction. You may review the Department of Transportation's complete 
Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on April 11, 
2000 (65 FR 19477-78), or you may visit http://dms.dot.gov/.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information concerning 
this notice and the public meeting, contact Commander Gustav Wulfkuhle, 
Chief Enforcement Branch, Ninth Coast Guard District, Cleveland, Ohio 
at (216) 902-6091. If you have any questions on viewing or submitting 
material to the docket, call Renee V. Wright, Program Manager, Docket 
Operations, telephone 202-493-0402.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Public Meetings

    The Coast Guard will hold four public meetings as follows: Monday, 
October 16, 2006 in Duluth MN; Wednesday October 18, in Grand Haven, 
MI; Thursday, October 19, 2006, in Port Huron/Marysville, MI; Monday, 
October 23, in Cleveland, OH. These meetings will be held to take 
comments regarding the proposed Safety Zones; U.S. Coast Guard Water 
Training Areas, Great Lakes, published on August 1, 2006, in the 
Federal Register at 71 FR 43402. Specific times, locations and 
additional information for the public meetings will be announced in a 
subsequent notice in the Federal Register.
    The Coast Guard encourages interested persons to submit written 
data, views, or comments. Persons submitting comments should please 
include their name and address and identify the docket number (USCG-
2006-25767). You may submit your comments and material by mail, hand 
delivery, fax or electronic means to the Docket Management Facility at 
the address under ADDRESSES.

Regulatory History

    On August 1, 2006, the Coast Guard published a notice of proposed 
rulemaking (NPRM) (71 FR 43402) to establish permanent safety zones 
throughout the Great Lakes to conduct live fire gun exercises. The 
initial comment period for this NPRM ended on August 31, 2006. In 
response to public requests, the Coast Guard re-opened the comment 
period on this NPRM. (71 FR 53629, September 12, 2006) Re-opening the 
comment period from September 12, 2006 to November 13, 2006, provides 
the public more time to submit comments and recommendations.

Background and Propose

    These safety zones are necessary to protect vessels and people from 
hazards associated with live fire gun exercises. Such hazards include 
projectiles that may ricochet and damage vessels and/or cause death or 
serious bodily harm. The thirty-four zones will be located throughout 
the Great Lakes in order to accommodate 57 separate Coast Guard units. 
The proposed safety zones are all located at least three nautical miles 
from the shoreline.

Procedural

    The meetings are open to the public. Please note that the meetings 
may close early if all business is finished. If you are unable to 
attend, you may submit comments to the Docket Management Facility at 
the address under ADDRESSES by November 13, 2006.

Information on Services for Individuals With Disabilities

    If you plan to attend the public meeting and require special 
assistance, such as sign language interpretation or other reasonable 
accommodations, please contact us as indicated in FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT.

    Dated: September 14, 2006.
John E. Crowley, Jr.,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander, Ninth Coast Guard District.
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